Catch



April 7, 1925'. 1,533,017

D. D. LEIDY CATCH FilBd Jam-14. 1924 r 11111, u', A /n Daiel D., Leif-ld WITNESS: ATTORNEY VENT R y l www Cil Patented Apr. 7, 1925..

PATENr OFFICE.'

DANIEL D. LEIDY, OF BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CATCH.

Application filed January 14, 1924. Serial No. 686,152.

.To all w/zom t may concern:

Beit known that l, DANIEL D. LEIDY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boyertown, in the county of Berks and State of -Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful lmproven'ients in Catches, of which the following is a speciication.

This invention relates to catches or fasteners for burial caskets, and an object of the invention is to provide a catch or fastener which is comparatively simple in constructure, easily operated, and which will prevent relative movement of the cover and body of a casket, preventing longitudinal and lateral movement of the cover relative to the body, as well as preventing upward or lifting movement of the cover.

A further object of this invention is to provide a catch or fastener as specied, which may be readily released to permit removal of the cover of the casket when desired, and one which may be manufactured at a low cost and will not detract from the appearance of the casket.

Gther objects of the invention will appear in the following detail description, and in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1-is a section through a fragment of a casket and cover showing the improved catch or fastener in place.

Figure 2-is a perspective view of the catch.

Figure 3-is a top plan of the receiving section of the catch.

Figure .ff-is a longitudinal section through the receiving portion of the catch.

Figure 5-is a` detail section taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved catch or fastener comprises a plate 1 which is attachedby means of screws or analogous fastening devices to the cover of the casket and has a transversely extending hook 2 formed on one edge thereof which is adapted to engage through the rectangular slot 3 in the keeper plate 4. r1`he keeper plate l is carried by the side of the casket and the side wall of the casket is grooved or cut-away to receive the hook 2. rlhe keeper plate l is provided with a tapered concave lead 5 leading to one end of the slot 3 which serves as a guide for lguiding the movement of the hook 2 through the opening 3. The opening or slot 3 has its end 6 reduced in width, and the body T of the hook 2 is adapted to engage beneath the keeper plate 4 beyond the limit of the reduced end 6, while the connecting portion 3 of the hook engages in thejreduced portion to prevent relative lateral movement of the hook 2 and consequently of the casket cover relative. to the casket body. y

The casket cover-is recessed so that the plate 1 will lie flush with the undersurface of the cover and it is further recessed toy permit the depression thereinto of the locking plate 9. rllhe lockingplate 9 is preferably vformed of spring steel and it is attached at one end to the casket cover by means of the same screws which serve to attach the plate 1 to the cover. The locking plate 9 has a locking cam 1()y formed integrally therewith and extending transversely therefrom at one end and at its free end. The cam 1() has an arcuate surface 11 which is adapted to lride over the lead 5 and the keeper plate 4c duringV the connecting movement of the lcover and body ofthe 4 casket after which the cam engages in the slot in the keeper plate and prevents lateral disconnecting movement of the cover and body of the casket. The spring locking plate 9 has a thumb button 12 formed integrally thereon which projects laterally from the lower end of a connecting tongue 13. The connecting thumb 13 is positioned at the opposite side of the locking plate9 from the cam 10 and by upward pressure on the button 12, the cam 10 may be forced into therecess 14 in the cover to permit disconnection of the cover and body.

Vfhile in the drawings and in the foregoing .description the improved. catch or fastener has been shown andv described for use in connection with burial caskets, it is to be understood that it may be used in connection with any type ofboX or closure withi with one side of the first named plate, a, longitudinal Slot adapted to receive said hook .cam projecting, transversely fromone edge andezumene endof theslotin said keepei1 of the spring` plate -and havinga1 rounded plateloeingredu'eedfin Widthgto;substantially l0 edge facing said hook, and a thumb button the. thickness of said hook.

`formed upon said spring plate for moving Y In testimony Whereof aix my signature. the cam out of locking position relative to v lsaid hook, a keeper plate provided with :L, n DANIEL ll). LEIDY. 

